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October  2008
Apartment rents generally stable
Ariel Rosenberg             Globes

Average rent for a two-room apartment fell 2-4% in greater
Tel Aviv in September, compared with August.
Rent for small apartments, especially for students, in Tel
Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Givatayim fell slightly in September,
according to the monthly Madas survey.
The average rent for a two-room apartment in south Tel
Aviv was NIS 2,665 per month in September, 4% less than
in August. The average rent for a two-room apartment in
central Tel Aviv fell 2% to NIS 3,320 per month, and it fell
by less than 1% in north Tel Aviv to NIS 3,686. The average
rent for a two-room apartment in Ramat Gan and
Givatayim fell 3% to NIS 2,977.
Rent for two-room apartments in the rest of the country was
barely changed in September, compared with August.
Average rent for a two-room apartment was NIS 2,759 in
Jerusalem, NIS 1,581 in Haifa and the Krayot, and NIS
1,493 in Beersheva.
Madas business development director Neomy
Schulman-Benisty said, "Rent will fall in the coming
months because students will have returned to university
and will no longer be included among apartment-seekers.
This will reduce demand and rent."
Rent for three-room apartments was also almost unchanged
nationwide in September, compared with the preceding
month. The average rent for a three-room apartment in
south Tel Aviv rose 1.5% to NIS 3,251, it rose 0.6% in
central Tel Aviv, and it was NIS 4,787 in north Tel Aviv and
the trans-Yarkon neighborhoods. The average rent for a
three-room apartment was unchanged at NIS 3,807 in
Ramat Gan and Givatayim, and at NIS 1,811 in Haifa and
the Krayot. The average rent for a three-room apartment
fell by 0.9% to NIS 3,487 in Jerusalem and it fell 1% to NIS
1,638 in Beersheva
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A new project called "Freud's dreams!"Only in Haifa:
Q1 sees 16% drop in sales of new flats
Rise in sales of new apartments recorded in Haifa
and Jerusalem districts, while Tel Aviv, central and
southern districts see drop compared to same period
in 2008
Ory Chudy, Calcalist
The housing market continues to suffer from a decline in
the sales of new apartments across Israel, the Central
Bureau of Statistics revealed in figures released Thursday.
According to the data, the first three months of 2009 saw a
16% drop in the sales of privately-built new flats across the
country, compared to the same period last year.
The CBS data also revealed that some 44% of all the new
apartments sold were located in the central district, and
some 24% were in the Tel Aviv area.
The Haifa district saw a 14% rise in the sales of
apartments, and the Jerusalem district saw a 1.7% rise
compared to the same period in 2008.
On the other hand, a drop has been recorded in the sales
of new apartments between January and March in Tel
Aviv (-21.8%), the southern district (-20.3%) and the
central district (-18.7%).
The northern district saw 112 new apartments sold
between the months of January and March compared to
122 apartments during the same period in 2008. In the
West Bank, 72 new flats were sold in privately-initiated
buildings between January and March, compared to 104
apartments sold in the same period in 2008.
The number of new apartments for sale in privately-
initiated buildings initiated is decreasing, reaching 9,460
apartments in the end of March – a 4% drop compared to
the end of March 2008.

from Ynet, May 4 2000

Average rent in NIS/month according to winwin   September 2009
          2rooms     3 rooms    
Haifa                      2890          3250
Tel Aviv center        3950          4650
Tel Aviv North        3870          4950
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Haifa OKs new neighborhood with affordable apartments

By Arik Mirovsky    From Haaretz 24/6/2010
Haifa is going to get a new neighborhood, featuring affordable
housing, located at the foot of Mount Carmel, across from the
Matam high-tech park and south of the Castra and Haifa malls
(and the Israel Electric Corporation tower ). The plan calls for
40% of the apartments to fit the definition of low-cost housing,
with three rooms or less, suitable for young couples.
The plan passed its first hurdle yesterday, winning approval from
the local planning and building committee. Some of the
228-dunam (57-acre ) area set aside for the new neighborhood is
state-owned, with the remainder in private hands.
Nearly half of the land - 100 dunams - is zoned for housing, while
44 dunam is slated to remain as open space and 21 dunams are
earmarked for public buildings.
In Haifa, people generally prefer to live on Mount Carmel. The
municipality, however, believes the area in question has high
potential because of its proximity to the sea and to the Matam
high-tech park. It also has convenient access to bus and train
stations as well as the shopping malls.
The apartment buildings in the new neighborhood are to be six to
seven stories high. Housing prices are expected to range between
NIS 8,000 and NIS 9,000 per square meter, which means that a
3-room apartment would cost from NIS 650,000 to NIS 700,000.
The largest apartments, with five rooms, are likely to cost around
NIS 1.2 million.
Haifa mayor Yona Yahav commented that developers have shown
keen interest to build in the new neighborhood. The city as a whole
is experiencing a building boom, Yahav said: this year alone the
construction of 1,100 apartments has begun. The new
neighborhood would strengthen Haifa's status as the main city of
northern Israel, the mayor added.
20/9/10   A new plan of  municipal B&B

31/1/11   December sees 48% drop in TA flat sales
Despite decline, average price of new apartment in 2010
was about 3.5% higher compared to 2009 Ofer Petersburg  
The real estate market is going into a freeze, apartment
prices are dropping and the rent prices in central Israel,
the Sharon region and Jerusalem are going up, according
to figures released by the Finance Ministry for the month
of December.
The purchase of new apartments in the Tel Aviv area
plummeted by 48% and by 10% in the Sharon region.
December saw a general drop of about 7% in the number
of deals signed compared to November, while the prices of
new apartments dropped by 0.6% compared to November.
The decline rate may be lower compared to the three
previous months, but the sharp drops were in the
Jerusalem area (-3%) and Tel Aviv area (-1.8%). Stability
in prices was recorded in the Sharon region, while in the
Haifa area prices continued to rise, although moderately
(0.2%).
Despite the decline, on an annual average the price of a
new apartment in 2010 was about 3.5% higher compared
to 2009.
While the purchase of apartments for residential purposes
dropped by 10% compared to November, the total number
of apartments purchased for investment rose by 2%. The
investors' part in the real estate market thus grew,
reaching close to one-third of investments, similar to the
record levels recorded in the third quarter of 2009,
following an almost continuous drop since the last quarter
of 2009.
Assuming the jump in the purchase of apartments for
investment in the second half of December stemmed from
early purchases due to the expected tax increase, a
significant drop could be expected in the purchase of
apartments for investment purposes in early 2011.
The rate of apartments sold by investors in December saw
a moderate drop, excluding the Tel Aviv area and central
area, which recorded a significant decline.
Gad Lior contributed to this report
From Y net
7/2011  Haifa, tent city